Sampdoria and England Under-21s midfielder Ronaldo Vieira has been the target of monkey chants from Roma fans.
The incident occurred during the 0-0 draw in Serie A at Sampdoria’s Luigi Ferraris Stadium.
Monkey chants were audible from the visiting supporters, for which Roma later tweeted an apology.
“I heard it but I don’t want to talk about it,” Vieira, 21, told Italian TV. “This happens too often, it shouldn’t be this way.”
Vieira was born in Guinea-Bissau and moved to England at a young age, joining Sampdoria from Leeds in 2018.
This is the latest racist incident to afflict Italian football this season.
A game was briefly suspended when Fiorentina’s Brazilian defender Dalbert said he had been racially abused by Atalanta fans, while Roma banned a fan for life for sending racist insults to their own defender Juan Jesus on social media.
Cagliari were cleared of racist chanting towards Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku in a Serie A match, the third time the club have been investigated for alleged racist abuse in the past two years.
AS Roma would like to apologise to Ronaldo Vieira for the racist boos he was subjected to. Roma does not tolerate racism of any kind and the club will support the authorities in identifying and subsequently banning any individuals found guilty of racially abusing the midfielder.
— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) October 20, 2019
